US Patent Issued to Paragonix Technologies on May 19 for "Systems and methods for hypothermic transport of a heart" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,818, issued on May 19, was assigned to Paragonix Technologies Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for hypothermic transport of a heart" was invented by William Lucas Churchill (Bolton, Mass.), Michael Tajima (North Waltham, Mass.), Ben Bulka (North Waltham, Mass.) and Pratik Patel (North Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport container and methods for preserving a heart at a hypothermic temperature. The transport container can maintain the heart at a temperature of 6-8deg C. for improved results after transplantation. The preservation of the heart within this range can improve transplantation outcomes."

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